Despite what you may hear from mainstream media or certain members of Congress, we are not political terrorists, mobsters, Nazis, haters, "astro-turfers'" well funded by a certain political group and we are not the minority. The truth is, we are ordinary American citizens. ...more

September 24, 2009

I read where some of your guest columnists give a fair and broad viewpoint about our current administration and some of your guest columnists look on the negative side of things. That of course is called "Freedom of Speech" and that is one of the reasons the U.S.A. is the greatest country in the world. ...more

May 8, 2009

Gingerlee Prettymitchell's "Words of Wisdom" published March 17 in the letters to the editor are really "Words of Folly." We can't even call them words of knowledge for she is talking about the Bill of Rights and the Constitution and claims Jefferson's words support them. ...more

March 20, 2009

In reference to Edgar R. Cronin, Mr. Hoyt and Melody Griffins' letters and others with like opinions, I'm sorry not to have responded in a timely manner, but here is my response. I'd like to give you statistics concerning the possible 45 million more human beings who might have been born and are a burden to today's society in the United States, with the economic, medical, social and life situations that cannot even properly take care of those who live here today within our world. ...more

March 17, 2009

Legislation to extend law enforcement officers' "bill of rights" should be called the "Keep Bad Cops Employed Act." If adopted, it will be virtually impossible for police and sheriff departments to cleanse miscreants from their ranks. ...more

March 9, 2009

In an about-face following a torrent of online protests, Facebook is backing off a change in its user policies while it figures how best to resolve questions like who controls the information shared on the social networking site. ...more

February 18, 2009

Attilio Corbo of Palm Harbor wants the nation to retain capitalistic form of business enterprise. ...more

January 31, 2009

It is easy to understand why foreigners dislike the USA. ...more

January 30, 2009

It is easy to understand why foreigners dislike the USA. Night after night on our own and foreign television and in the press, America is portrayed as a violent, prejudiced and greedy nation that has accumulated wealth and power through exploiting foreign nations. ...more

January 30, 2009

This letter is to Abie, the person who was disgusted with conservatives. I understand the frustration. Conservatives were extremely slow to realize that the Bush Administration was bad for America. In November, the majority finally opened their eyes, but why did it take so long? Because the GOP's leader Karl Rove knew he could "manipulate" conservatives with a constant stream of "fear" about gays, terrorists, immigration, environmentalists, Roe-Wade, religion and taxes. These extremists knew they could create enough smoke to keep the average conservative distracted from what was really going on in Washington. Conservatives failed to see the dismantling of the Bill of Rights, the industrial war machine's take over of our military and the almost daily immoral or illegal activities of their own party members. Yet, about 11 percent of the conservatives are still so extreme in their views that they never will see the truth. So Abie, don't fear the conservative, fear the extreme 11 percent who say "my party right or wrong." They are not good for America. Let's hope that the future proves "we the people" have learned our lesson. ...more

January 20, 2009